Brake-shoe.



,l sfrafr GEORGE J'. CARTER, OF KENTON, OHIO.

BRAKE-SHOE.

Application led March 12, 1912. Serial No. 683,301.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE J. CARTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kenton, in the county of I-Iardin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brake-Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brake shoes and has for its object to provide an improved cast metal brake shoe so constructed that a part or parts of said shoe, when broken in transit or standing still will be prevented from becoming detached from the brake head and falling to the ground, and enabling the shoe to remain in use whether in whole or in part.

The invention further has for its object to provide an improved brake shoe of this kind by means of which the hanger lug will be protected and will coperate in holding the parts of the brake shoe in place when broken.

Referring to the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a perspective view of a brake shoe constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view along the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clip. Fig. 4L is a detail view in longitudinal section of a portion of the brake shoe.

In the accompanying drawing l indicates a cast metal brake shoe having embedded therein steel bars or rods 2, which extend lengthwise thereof to a point adjacent to each end of the shoe. The rods 2 are embedded in the shoe by placing them in the mold when the shoe is formed and pouring the metal around them. lhen so embedded, the rods 2 are fused at their eXtreme ends for about .l inch and where they rest upon the hanger rod clip at the point 4:. The object of fusing these rods at each end and where they come into contact with the clip 6 is for the purpose of holding those rods securely in place and giving additional strength to the whole shoe and to the hanger lug. By fusing the ends of these bars 2, they become integral with the brake shoe. For the purpose of giving elasticity to the Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

shoe, the parts of the rods between these points are not fused.

5 indicates the hanger lug, projecting from the back of the shoe. In order to protect the hanger lug and also to assist with the rods 2 in holding the parts of the shoe together should it become broken, it is provided with a steel clip 6, consisting of a strip of metal formed with the top 7, eX- tending over the top of the lug 5, and having the end portions 8 extending over the ends of the lug 5, and into the sides of the shoe, and with the inturned flanges 9 pro- ]ecting into the shoe and having at their inner end the upturned portion 10, the flanges 9 extending beneath the rods 2, and the upturned portions l0 being located at one side thereof. The'clip 6, like the rods, is placed in position in the mold before the metal is poured for the shoe, and has the lower portions of the ends 8 and the lianges 9 and l0 embedded in the Shoe when the latter is cast. Bythis means the shoe is made stronger where the clip enters the shoe at the sides. In securing the clip in place the flanges 9 are fused to the rods 2.

It will be seen from the foregoing description, that when a brake shoe constructed as hereinbefore set forth becomes broken in one or several parts when in transit or standing still, the broken shoe will be held together by the rods 2 and also by the reinforced hanger clip 6. By this means, the broken part or parts of a brake shoe will be prevented from falling into frogs, switches, grade crossings, or onto the rails, permitting the shoe, although broken, to continue in use. The rods and clip are placed in position at the time the shoe is cast, and the shoe is constructed in such a way with the protecting parts that fusion is permitted only when and where intended. Y

IIaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States, is:

A brake shoe provided with an integral hanger lug, a steel clip surrounding said lug and having inwardly and upwardly bent ends embedded within the body of the In testimony whereof I affix my signablzlilke shle, steel llars extending longituditure in presence of two witnesses. na y wit in tie S oe anc passing over the inwardly bent ends of the clip and bearing GEORGE J' CARTER' 5 aga-inst the upwardly bent ends of said clip, Vitnesses:

the ends of the clip and the bars being fused 'l NV. DITMAN, together within the body of the shoe.- M. MABREY.

Copies of this patent. may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents;

Washington, D. G. 

